ニューヨーク州、大雪で非常事態宣言【画像】

アメリカの広い範囲でこの時期としては異例な寒波に見舞われ、ニューヨーク州は記録的な大雪となった。どのくらいの雪だったのか画像で紹介する。

11月19日、アメリカの広い範囲でこの時期としては異例な寒波に見舞われ、ニューヨーク州は記録的な大雪となった。NBCなどによると、同州西部のバファローの一部では、1.8メートルの積雪で立ち往生する車が続出。救急車も現場に辿りつけないなどの被害が発生し、クオモ知事は非常事態を宣言して州兵を降雪地帯に派遣した。

どのくらいの雪だったのか、画像で紹介しよう。

走れるようになるのも大変。
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Chris Kidder, of the Townline Fire Department assists Jacob Aronica clean a vehicle in Town Line, N.Y. Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it\'s all done. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert)
とりあえず前が見えるようになった。
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A vehicle, with a large chunk of snow on its top, drives along Route 20 after digging out after a massive snow fall in Lancaster, N.Y. Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. Another two to three feet of snow is expected in the area. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert)
ドアの外に積もる雪
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In this photo provided by Patrick Bryne, his dog, Bonnie, sniffs a door blocked with snow on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, in South Buffalo, N.Y. A lake-effect snowstorm dumped more than 4 feet of snow on the Buffalo area on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Bryne)
犬も埋まる
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BUFFALO, NY - NOVEMBER 20: Sydney, a six year old Golden retriever, makes her way through five feet of snow from a driveway on November 20, 2014 in the suburb of Lakeview, Buffalo, New York. The record setting Lake effect snowstorm dumped up to six feet of snow in less than 24 hours closing a one hundred mile section of The New York State Thruway as well as other major roads around Buffalo. Seven deaths have already been attributed to the storm and a second round beginning late Wednesday evening will bring up to three more feet of snow overnight and into Thursday. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)
雪かき
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BUFFALO, NY - NOVEMBER 19, 2014: Drew Ahmed makes his way through nearly five feet of snow on November 19, 2014 in the Lakeview neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. The record setting Lake effect snowstorm dumped up to six feet of snow in less than 24 hours closing a one hundred mile section of The New York State Thruway as well as other major roads around Buffalo. Four deaths have already been attributed to the storm and a second round beginning late Wednesday evening will bring up to three more feet of snow overnight. (Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)
雪下ろし
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Andrew Zelak cleans the snow from his roof on Irving Place in Alden, N.Y. Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. A new blast of lake-effect snow roared through western New York with thunder and lightning on Thursday, raising to nearly 6 feet the three-day total in parts of the Buffalo area. The weight of the snow has caused problems around the area with roofs collapsing and structures fracturing. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert)
屋根の雪を下ろしたら家と同じ高さに
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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, and released by the New York National Guard, an airman with the New York Air National Guard shovels snow off the roof of the Eden Heights Assisted Living Facility in West Seneca, N.Y. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it\'s all done. (AP Photo/New York National Guard, Maj. Mark Frank)
ブルドーザー登場
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A front loader drives through a snowstorm along Union Road on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in West Seneca, N.Y. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it\'s all done. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
道路の側面にも雪の壁
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In this photo from a surveillance camera operated by the New York State Thruway Authority, a person climbs through piles of snow next to abandoned vehicles on the Thruway, near Lackawanna, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. A 132-mile stretch of the state Thruway in western New York remains closed as authorities continue their efforts to rescue motorists stranded on a Buffalo-area section of the highway. (AP Photo/New York State Thruway Authority)
11月なのに積もりすぎ。
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A man carries a shovel as he walks in the south Buffalo area on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in Buffalo, N.Y. A new blast of lake-effect snow pounded Buffalo for a third day piling more misery on a city already buried by an epic, deadly snowfall that could leave some areas with nearly 8 feet of snow on the ground when it\'s all done. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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